Despite some initial resistance to the idea, Halliburton and Stanolind Oil pioneered the hydraulic fracturing that led to the shale boom.
CNX Resources CEO Nick Deluliis said the deal to buy Apex Energy underscores CNX’s confidence in the stacked pay development opportunities unlocked in the deep Utica.
As a resilient energy source, no other solution comes close to providing the dependable power of natural gas, CNX New Technologies President Ravi Srivastava told Hart Energy.
ONEOK plans to use the proceeds from the sale of the Guardian Pipeline, Midwestern Gas Transmission and Viking Gas Transmission to focus on other operational priorities.
MPLX Executive Vice President and COO Greg Floerke delves into the company evolution in Appalachia and the increase in its liquids exports and production scale, in this Hart Energy Exclusive interview.
But while Expand Energy keeps a watchful eye on what its neighbors are doing, the current gas price is too difficult for Expand to dive into the costly far western Haynesville play itself, said Tim Beard, Expand’s vice president of drilling.
While the rest of the E&P sector bought, merged and consolidated, Range Resources sat on the sidelines in Appalachia because it already has plenty of drilling inventory, CEO Dennis Degner says.
After years of exploitation as one of the country’s first unconventional shale plays, the Marcellus still has plenty of natural gas for producers, even if regional and economic factors have kept much of it bottled up.
Range Resources launched the Appalachia shale rush, and rising domestic power and LNG demand can trigger it to boom again.
Iron Oak Energy Solutions will supply proppant to E&P operations in basins across North America.